Monster Trucks

Every year Shane takes Tyler to see the Monster truck show at Raymond James Stadium....it always takes place in February so it works out to be a great birthday gift for Tyler. They went with some of their buddies- Joey & Colton. We had a small birthday cake & gifts and surprised him with his tickets~ he was soooo excited!

Giving Dad a high-5 for his tickets!

His monster truck birthday cake!

GRAVE DIGGER~ Tylers favorite!!

All the boys!

Daddy Daughter Dance

This year was Rylee's first year participating in the Annual Auburndale's Daddy/Daughter Dance. This is a very big deal to these girls and a big event for the town. We of course went crazy with the whole thing and had a great time doing it. I let Rylee go online and pick out her own dress, went to the mall and she picked out her own earrings & tiara from Claires and shoes of course. The day of the dance all of us moms meet early that morning and took the girls to get their toes & nails painted, we went to lunch at pizza connection and then they had hair appts at Tanglez to get "up-do's"!! After that we all went home to get dressed & ready to go. Rylee just had the best day getting all pampered & when she put on her dress she was absolutely gorgeous!! Well we met back up with the group at Hollis Gardens~ which is a beautiful place in Lakeland to take pictures...that is where we had the limo pick them up (yes I did say limo & no I dont know what they are gonna expect once they finally get to go to prom?? ;) ...And of course they finally get to get rid of us moms!! ha!! Shane said "this is not the Daddy/Daughter/Mom dance"....but it is really hard for us moms to let go....afterall we put in a lot of hardwork behind the scenes that the dad dont have to worry about. We help get the dress picked out, get it altered to fit, arrange for all tickets, limo, hair appts, corsages, etc. All we ask is to just be there to take some pictures ahead of time! :) ....The limo took all of them to the dance which is at the civic center, where they had a professional picture taken, had dinner and of course a DJ for a fun night of dancing! After the dance we meet them all at Chilis for dessert to top the night off! Rylee literally talked about this for days after~ she had such a wonderful time and is already talking about what dress she wants for next year! Thanks Shane for being such a great Daddy and giving Rylee memories that she will never forget! I love you both!

Rylee's corsage

Pinning on Daddy's flower

Daddy & Ry on the dance floor!

Rylee & Marissa getting their dance on!!

Valentines Day Fun

It is Valentines Day and yet another tradition in The Brown house! I am actually learning through writing this blog that we have a lot of little traditions~mostly ones I am passing down from my mom! She has always gave my brother & I all these different goodies for the holidays up until we moved out of the house! And I love it too~ I get the kids small baskets and pick up small items here and there a couple weeks before the holiday to fill it with. Shane is usually in charge of the stuffed animals and of course the cards~ he is DEF the card man at our house. He always picks out the best ones!! The kids really loved all their goodies & especially the candy!!

They love getting their V-day goodies!!

LB's 33rd Birthday

This year I turned 33-AHHH! It stinks getting old! But at least I have great friends to celebrate it with!! They all planned a girls night out for us....we went to City Walk in Orlando and ate at Bubba Gumps, then to Red Coconuts for a little dancing to the house band....then decided to head out once more to the dance hall at the boardwalk to dance the night away....all of us girls love to get out and dance and have a good time but with kids and families that is kinda hard to do so this was a great opportunity for us to all get out and have a good time! Thanks to all my girls! Darnell, Serena, Christa, Krissy, Carrie, Misty, Milena & Stacy

Rylee's 9th Birthday

January 22, 2009 Rylee turned 9 years old! I cant believe my baby is already 9- time flys by!! She decided she wanted to have a slumber party this year- so we had a pizza party at Pizza Hut and invited all the boys and girls and parents. Then afterwards we took all the girls back home for a slumber party. Well just to give a little inside scoop- my back went completely out the day of the party so thank goodness Danielle stayed over to be the helper- I would not have been able to make it thru without her!! We had stations around the house to do the girls nails, make-up and hair. And we actually used one of her gifts- a bracelet making kit and all the girls got to make a cute bracelet to take home. The best part of the night was the talent show- all the girl got into groups and made up a dance to perform for everyone! I am sure this is a party she will not soon forget!! I luv you my little Ry Ry bug!!

New Years Eve Celebration Continued!!

After spending a nice time during the day with the kids....we dropped them off at my parents and met up with our close friends Danielle & Joey Brooks and headed out to Orlando. We had a hard time deciding where to go for dinner since everywhere was such a long wait~ so we decided to go to the old faithful Olive Garden in Celebration....but it actually worked out since we had not been there in a long time. It was so nice ...we were able to get a table right away and eat dinner. We had already planned ahead and bought tickets to the Atlantic Dance Hall at The Boardwalk. And thank goodness we did because it seemed to be sold out~ people were waiting in line when we got there for others to leave so they could get in!! ......We had a great time dancing all night and watching the fireworks. We watched Dick Clark countdown on the big screen and rang in the new year with a kiss!!

Us 4 on the dancefloor!

Ringing in the New Year with kiss!

Midnight kisses!

New Years Eve with the Kiddos!

This year we wanted to be able to have an adults outing to ring in the new year but also wanted to spend some time with the kids. So we decided to get our friends together with all the kids and go bowling during the day.....we had pizza, chips & drinks & bowled for a couple of hours! The kids had a great time & we def. wore them out for Nana & Papa later that night!!

The Browns getting ready to bowl!!

The Gals!!

All the kiddos!!